Wrestling Obituaries

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Symbol	Meaning
	Employed by a Professional wrestling company when passed away.
	Passed away in the ring
–	Missing information

Wrestling Obituaries

Picture	Wrestler	Age	Date of Death	Place of Death	Cause of Death	Ref.
	Baron Mikel Scicluna	81	March 20, 2010	–	Cancer	^[1]^[2]
	Corsica Joe	90	March 14, 2010	Nashville, Tennessee	–	^[3]^[4]
	Jerry Valiant	68	March 11, 2010	–	–	^[5]^[6]
	Sandy Scott	75	March 11, 2010	–	Pancreatic cancer	^[7]
	Angelo Poffo	84	March 4, 2010	Sarasota, Florida	–	^[8]
	Jack Brisco	68	February 1, 2010	Tampa, Florida	Complications of open heart surgery	^[9]
–	Nick Pacchiano	72	January 24, 2010	–	Health complications
	Ida Mae Martinez	78	January 19, 2010	–	–
	Dr. X Ed Chuman	62	January 15, 2010	–	Illness
	Ludvig Borga	47	January 8, 2010	Helsinki, Finland	Suicide	^[10]
–	The Medic Jim White	67	January 7, 2010	–	Cancer
	"Dr. Death" Steve Williams	49	December 29, 2009	Denver, Colorado	Throat cancer	^[11]
	Umaga	36	December 4, 2009	Houston, Texas	Acute toxicity	^[12]^[13]
	Captain Lou Albano	76	October 14, 2009	Carmel, New York	Natural causes
–	Lester Welch	–	September 18, 2009	Pensacola, Florida	–	^[14]
–	"Pitbull" Kerry Brown	51	September 10, 2009	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Liver failure	^[15]
–	Butcher Brannigan	61	September 7, 2009	–	–
–	Peter Goodman	29	August 26, 2009	–	Overdose of Painkillers
–	Karl Von Hess	90	August 12, 2009	–	Alzheimer's disease
–	Gladys "Killem" Gillem	88	August 12, 2009	Pensacola, Florida	Alzheimer's disease
–	The Zodiac	77	August 5, 2009	–	Pancreatic cancer
–	Waldo Von Erich	75	July 5, 2009	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada	–
–	Billy Red Lyons	77	June 22, 2009	–	Cancer
	Mitsuharu Misawa	46	June 13, 2009	Hiroshima, Japan	Likely a cervical spinal cord injury Died in the ring
–	John Tolos	78	May 29, 2009	Los Angeles, California	Renal failure
–	Princess Jasmine	60	May 8, 2009	–	–
–	"Playboy" Buddy Rose	56	April 28, 2009	Vancouver, Washington	Natural causes
	Abismo Negro	37	March 22, 2009	El Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico	Drowning
–	Steven Dunn Steve Doll	48	March 22, 2009	Nashville, Tennessee	Blood clot
	Test	33	March 12, 2009	Tampa, Florida	Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
–	The Beast	70	March 4, 2009	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	Cancer
–	Robert Bruce	65	March 2, 2009	Auckland, New Zealand	Illness
–	Moondog Cujo	48	January 13, 2009	Franklin, Indiana	Heart attack
–	Rollin' Hard	–	December 26, 2008	–	Cancer
–	Mike Bell	37	December 14, 2008	Costa Mesa, California	–
–	Special Delivery Jones	63	October 26, 2008	Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda	Stroke
–	Pee Wee James	75	September 16, 2008	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Illness	^[16]
	Killer Kowalski	81	August 30, 2008	Malden, Massachusetts	Taken off life support after a Heart attack
–	Ron Hill	73	August 27, 2008	–	Complications of Hip replacement surgery.
	Alfonso Dantes	65	July 30, 2008	Manzanillo, Colima	–
–	Cheif White Owl	72	May 23, 2008	–	–
–	Crusher Ricky Cortez	77	May 16, 2008	–	Heart attack
–	Penny Banner	73	May 12, 2008	Charlotte, North Carolina	Pneumonia
	Leo Garibaldi	78	May 12, 2008	Las Vegas, Nevada	Alzheimer's disease	^[17]
–	Judy Grable	82	May 8, 2008	–	–
–	Yvon Robert, Jr.	65	April 30, 2008	–	Heart attack	^[18]
–	Sarah Lee	76	April 5, 2008	–	Alzheimer's disease
–	Ron Slinker	62	March 28, 2008	–	Liver failure
–	Gary Hart	66	March 16, 2008	Euless, Texas	Heart attack
–	Don Curtis	80	March 6, 2008	Jacksonville, Florida	Stroke
–	Johnny Weaver	72	February 15, 2008	Charlotte, North Carolina	Natural causes	^[19]
–	The Elephant Boy	76	February 6, 2008	–	–	^[20]
	Arman Hussian	62	January 10, 2008	Dallas, Texas	–	^[21]
–	Randy Barber	49	January 1, 2008	Harpersville, Alabama	Heart attack
–	Doby Gillis	44	December 23, 2007	–	Heart attack
–	El Gran Marcus	–	November 15, 2007	–	Diabetes
	The Fabulous Moolah	84	November 2, 2007	Columbia, South Carolina	Possible heart attack or blood clot
–	Rey Urbano	83	October 16, 2007	Las Vegas, Nevada	–
–	Enrique Torres	85	September 10, 2007	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	–
–	Billy Darnell	81	September 7, 2007	Maple Shade, New Jersey	–
–	Karloff Lagarde	79	August 31, 2007	–	Stroke
	The Missing Link	68	August 16, 2007	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Cancer
	Brian Adams Crush	44	August 13, 2007	Tampa, Florida	–
–	Bronko Lubich	81	August 11, 2007	Plano, Texas	–	^[22]
–	Scott Dumas	44	August 7, 2007	Florida	–
	Karl Gotch	82	July 28, 2007	Tampa, Florida	–
	Tor Kamata	70	July 23, 2007	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada	Heart disease
–	Ronnie P. Gossett	–	July 23, 2007	Nashville, Tennessee	Colon cancer
	John Kronus The Eliminator	38	July 18, 2007	Laconia, New Hampshire	Heart failure
–	Moondog Nathan	37	July 4, 2007	–	Heart attack
	Chris Benoit	40	June 25, 2007	Fayetteville, Georgia	Suicide	^[23]^[24]^[25]
	Biff Wellington	42	June 24, 2007	Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada	Heart attack
	Nancy Benoit Woman	43	June 23, 2007	Fayetteville, Georgia	Murdered by Chris Benoit	^[23]^[24]^[25]
	"Sensational" Sherri Martel	49	June 15, 2007	Birmingham, Alabama	Overdose	^[26]
–	Sandy Barr	69	June 2, 2007	Portland, Oregon	Heart attack
	Sonny Myers	83	May 7, 2007	–	Illness	^[27]
–	Abe Coleman	101	March 28, 2007	Queens, New York	Kidney failure
	Arnold Skaaland	82	March 13, 2007	Whtie Plains, New York	–	^[28]
–	Ernie "The Cat" Ladd	68	March 10, 2007	Franklin, Louisiana	Cancer
–	Black Shadow	85	March 8, 2007	Mexico City, Mexico	Pneumonia
	Bad News Brown Bad News Allen	63	March 6, 2007	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Heart attack
–	Ray "Thunder" Stern	74	March 6, 2007	Dallas, Texas	Complications from heart surgery
–	Tracy Richards	50	February 25, 2007	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	Cancer
	Mike Awesome	42	February 17, 2007	Tampa, Florida	Suicide
	Bam Bam Bigelow	45	January 19, 2007	Hudson, Florida	Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease
–	Cocoa Samoa	61	January 9, 2007	Killeen, Texas	–
–	Super Destroyer	66	December 16, 2006	Wetaskiwin, Alberta	Heart attack and Leukaemia
–	Tiger Conway, Sr.	74	November 13, 2006	Houston, Texas	Stroke and Brain aneurysm
–	Sputnik Monroe	77	November 3, 2006	Florida	–
–	Kintaro Ohki	77	October 26, 2006	Seoul, South Korea	Renal insufficiency and Kidney failure
–	Joey Maggs	37	October 15, 2006	–	–
–	Antonio Peña	53	October 5, 2006	Mexico City, Mexico	Heart attack
–	Keith Eric	48	September 30, 2006	–	–
–	Billy Firehawk	40	July 17, 2006	–	Diabetes
	Bob Orton, Sr.	76	July 16, 2006	Las Vegas, Nevada	Heart attack
–	Tiger Kahn	33	June 26, 2006	California	–
–	Crazy Luke Graham	66	June 23, 2006	Georgia	Heart failure
	Earthquake	42	June 7, 2006	Sanford, Florida	Bladder cancer
	Prince Pullins	74	June 1, 2006	Indianapolis, Indiana	–
–	Apache Bull Ramos	71	May 27, 2006	Houston, Texas	Shoulder infection
–	Cowboy Bob Yuma	55	May 23, 2006	Phoenix, Arizona	Lung disease
–	Sam Steamboat	71	May 2, 2006	Honolulu, Hawaii	Alzheimer's disease
–	Kay Noble	65	April 27, 2006	Amarillo, Texas	Stomach cancer
	Johnny Grunge	39	February 16, 2006	Peachtree City, Georgia	Sleep apnea complications
–	Jackie Pallo	79	February 14, 2006	Ramsgate, Kent	Cancer
–	Emory Hale	36	January 28, 2006	–	Kidney problems
–	El Texano	47	January 15, 2006	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico	Respiratory failure
–	Ricky Romero	74	January 15, 2006	–	Diabetes
	Eddie Guerrero	38	November 13, 2005	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Heart failure
–	The Crusher Reggie Lisowski	79	October 22, 2005	–	–
–	Stevie Lee	–	October 12, 2005	–	Brain aneurysm
–	Bob 'Legs' Langevin	91	October 8, 2005	–	–
–	Gene Stanlee	88	September 23, 2005	Los Angeles, California	–
–	Czaya Bob Nandor	80	August 30, 2010	–	Cancer
–	Ed White	56	August 25, 2005	–	Heart failure
–	Chri$ Ca$h	23	August 18, 2005	Glassboro, New Jersey	Motorcycle accident
–	Chris Tolos	75	August 13, 2005	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Cancer
–	Alfred Hayes	76	July 21, 2005	Dallas, Texas	Stroke
–	Miguel Perez Sr.	68	July 16, 2005	–	Heart attack
–	Shinya Hashimoto	40	July 11, 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Brain aneurysm
–	Rod Trongard	72	June 17, 2005	Southern Minnesota, Minneapolis	Liver cancer
–	Spider Daniel Quirk	22	May 28, 2005	Taunton, Massachusetts	Wrestling accident Died in the ring
	Chris Candido	33	April 28, 2005	Matawan, New Jersey	Blood clot
–	Tony Lanza	84	January 20, 2005	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Accident
–	"Pistol" Pez Whatley	54	January 18, 2005	Chattanooga, Tennessee	–
–	"Dandy" Jack Donovan	76	November 27, 2004	–	Construction accident
–	Marianna Komlos	25	September 26, 2004	–	Breast cancer
	The Big Boss Man	41	September 22, 2004	Dallas, Georgia	Heart attack
–	Jim Barnett	80	September 18, 2004	–	Cancer
–	Dr. Wagner, Sr.	–	September 12, 2004	–	Heart attack
–	Pat Roach	67	July 17, 2004	–	Throat Cancer
–	James Dudley	92	June 1, 2004	–	–
–	Pepper Gomez	77	May 6, 2004	–	Health problems
–	The Great Goliath	69	April 12, 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada	Heart failure
–	Hercules Hernandez	47	March 6, 2004	–	Heart disease
–	Hard Boiled Haggerty	78	January 27, 2004	Malibu, California	–
–	Beetlejuice	42	January 25, 2004	Hays, Kansas	Car accident
–	Jack Tunney	68	January 24, 2004	Lindsay, Ontario	–
–	Danny Fargo	44	December 26, 2003	Nicholasville, Kentucky	Cancer
–	Mike Lozansky	35	December 18, 2003	–	–
–	Malice	35	December 6, 2003	Tokyo, Japan	Heart attack
–	Larry Latham	51	November 29, 2003	Memphis, Tennessee	Heart attack In the ring
–	Dick Hutton	80	November 24, 2003	Tulsa, Oklahoma	–
–	Crash Holly	32	November 6, 2003	Navarre, Florida	Suicide
–	Floyd Creatchman	46	October 25, 2003	–	Crohn’s disease
	Road Warrior Hawk	46	October 19, 2003	Indian Rocks Beach, Florida	Heart attack
–	Stu Hart	88	October 16, 2003	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Natural causes
–	Boris Volkoff	76	October 15, 2003	Las Vegas, Nevada	Heart disease
–	Pitbull #2	36	September 25, 2003	Misquamicut, Rhode Island	Drug overdose
	"Classy" Freddie Blassie	85	June 2, 2003	Hartsdale, New York	Heart and Kidney failure
–	Kurt Von Poppenheim	89	May 1, 2003	Sunnyside, Washington	–
	Miss Elizabeth	42	May 1, 2003	Atlanta, Georgia	Drug overdose
–	Ray Mendoza	73	April 17, 2003	–	Heart attack
–	Sailor Art Thomas	79	March 20, 2003	–	–
–	Kodo Fuyuki	42	March 19, 2003	Yokohama, Japan	–
–	Tony Altomare	74	February 18, 2003	Stamford, Connecticut	Heart attack
	Mr. Perfect	44	February 10, 2003	Tampa, Florida	Drug overdose
–	The Original Sheik	76	January 18, 2003	Williamston, Michigan	Natural causes
–	Mr. Wrestling	60	November 30, 2002	Charlotte, North Carolina	Heart attack
–	Billy Travis	40	November 23, 2002	Lexington, Kentucky	Heart attack
–	Tsuneharu Sugiyama	62	November 22, 2002	–	–
	Rocco Rock	49	September 21, 2002	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Heart attack
–	Don Owen	90	August 1, 2002	Eugene, Oregon	Natural causes
	Davey Boy Smith	39	May 18, 2002	Invermere, British Columbia, Canada	Heart attack
–	Big Dick Dudley	34	May 16, 2002	Copiague, New York	Kidney failure
–	Shoichi Arai	36	May 16, 2002	Toyko, Japan	Suicide
–	George Gordienko	74	May 13, 2002	Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada	Melanoma cancer
	Lou Thesz	86	April 28, 2002	–	Natural causes
	Wahoo McDaniel	63	April 18, 2002	Houstan, Texas	–
–	Dino Casanova	35	March 1, 2002	–	Overdose
–	Swede Hanson	68	February 19, 2002	Columbia, South Carolina	Alzheimers, Diabetes
–	Nelson Royal	70	February 4, 2002	–	Heart attack
–	Helen Hart	76	November 4, 2001	–	Stroke
–	Chris Adams	46	October 7, 2001	Waxahachie, Texas	Shot in the chest
–	Terry Gordy	40	July 16, 2001	Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee	Blood cot
–	Johnny Valentine	72	April 24, 2001	River Oaks, Texas	Natural causes
	Yokozuna	34	October 23, 2000	Liverpool, England	Heart failure
–	Gordon Solie	71	July 27, 2000	New Port Richey, Florida	Throat cancer
–	Bobby Duncum, Jr.	34	January 24, 2000	Austin, Texas	Overdose
–	Gary Albright	36	January 7, 2000	Hazleton, Pennsylvania	Heart attack Died in the ring
–	Hiro Matsuda	62	November 27, 1999	Tampa, Florida	Cancer
–	Tony Rumble	43	November 13, 1999	–	Heart attack
	Gorilla Monsoon	62	October 6, 1999	Willingboro, New Jersey	Heart failure
–	Mark Curtis	37	September 8, 1999	–	Cancer
	Owen Hart	34	May 23, 1999	Kansas City, Missouri	Harness accident
	Rick Rude	40	April 20, 1999	Alpharetta, Georgia	Heart failure
	The Renegade	33	February 23, 1999	–	Suicide
–	Giant Baba	61	January 31, 1999	Sanjo, Niigata, Japan	Cancer
–	Giant Haystacks	51	November 29, 1998	–	Cancer
–	Junkyard Dog	45	June 2, 1998	Forest, Mississippi	Car crash
–	Louie Spicolli	27	February 15, 1998	Los Angeles, California	Overdose
–	Bobo Brazil	73	January 20, 1998	St. Joseph, Michigan	Stroke
	Big Daddy	67	December 2, 1997	Southport, Merseyside	Stroke
	Brian Pillman	35	October 5, 1997	Bloomington, Minnesota	Arteriosclerotic heart disease
–	Dick Murdoch	49	June 15, 1996	Canyon, Texas	–
–	Big John Studd	47	March 20, 1995	Burke, Virginia	Liver cancer and Hodgkin's disease
–	Dino Bravo	44	March 11, 1993	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Shot to death
–	Kerry Von Erich	33	February 18, 1993	–	Suicide
	André the Giant	46	January 27, 1993	Paris, France	Heart attack
	Buddy Rogers	71	June 26, 1992	–	Stroke
–	Tojo Yamamoto	65	February 19, 1992	Hermitage, Tennessee	Suicide
–	Buzz Sawyer	32	February 7, 1992	Sacramento, California	Heart failure
–	Wilbur Snyder	62	December 25, 1991	Pompano Beach, Florida	Cancer
–	Dick the Bruiser	62	November 10, 1991	Tampa, Florida	Internal bleeding
–	Gene Anderson	52	October 31, 1991	–	Heart attack
–	Chris Von Erich	21	September 12, 1991	–	Suicide
–	Pat O'Connor	65	August 16, 1990	–	Cancer
–	Gory Guerrero	69	April 18, 1990	El Paso, Texas	Prostate cancer
–	Whipper Billy Watson	74	February 4, 1990	Orlando, Florida	Heart attack
–	Bronko Nagurski	81	January 7, 1990	International Falls, Minnesota	–
	Haystacks Calhoun	55	December 7, 1989	Collin County, Texas	–
–	Paul Boesch	76	March 7, 1989	Sugar Land, Texas	Heart attack
–	Leroy McGuirk	77	September 9, 1988	Claremore, Oklahoma	–
–	Leroy Brown	78	September 6, 1988	–	Heart attack
–	Bruiser Brody	42	July 17, 1988	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Stabbed to death
–	Adrian Adonis	33	July 4, 1988	Lewisporte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada	Car accident
–	Yukon Eric Scott Irwin	35	September 5, 1987	–	Brain Tumor
–	King Kong Kirk	50	August 24, 1987	Norfolk, England	Heart condition
–	Mike Von Erich	23	April 16, 1987	Lake Dallas, Texas	Overdose on sleeping pills
–	El Solitario	39	April 6, 1986	–	Cardiac arrest
–	Warren Bockwinkel	74	March 25, 1986	St. Louis, Missouri	Heart attack
–	Rick McGraw	30	November 1, 1985	–	Heart attack
–	Gino Hernandez	28	February 2, 1986	Highland Park, Texas	Cocaine overdose
–	Jay Youngblood	30	September 2, 1985	Melbourne, Australia	Ruptured spleen
–	Eddie Graham	55	January 21, 1985	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Suicide
–	Argentina Apollo	46	August 2, 1984	–	Heart attack
	Vince McMahon, Sr.	69	May 24, 1984	North Miami, Florida	Pancreatic cancer
–	David Von Erich	25	February 10, 1984	Tokyo, Japan	Acute enteritis
–	The Grand Wizard	54	October 12, 1983	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Heart attack
–	Bearcat Wright	50	August 28, 1982	–	Sickle cell anemia
–	Peter Maivia	45	June 13, 1982	Hawaii	Cancer
–	Jim Londos	78	August 19, 1975	Argos, Greece	Heart attack
–	Bobby Shane	27	February 20, 1973	Tampa, Florida	Plane crash
	Dory Funk, Sr.	54	June 3, 1973	Amarillo, Texas	Heart attack
	Skull Murphy	39	March 23, 1970	Charlotte, North Carolina	Overdosed on sleeping pills
	"Iron" Mike Dibiase	45	July 2, 1969	Amarillo, Texas	Heart attack Died in the ring
	Stanislaus Zbyszko	88	September 23, 1967	–	Heart attack
	Ed "The Strangler" Lewis	75	August 8, 1966	New York, New York	Natural causes
	Yukon Eric Eric Holmback	40	January 16, 1965	Cartersville, Georgia	Suicide
	Gorgeous George	48	December 26, 1963	–	Heart attack
	Earl Caddock	62	August 25, 1950	–	Heart attack
	Frank Gotch	39	December 16, 1917	Humboldt, Iowa	Uremic poisoning